2008 SAAB 9-5 Owners Manual

273 Index
Index
AA/C system, fault diagnosis
_______ 247
A/C system, maintenance
_________ 246
ABS brakes
____________________ 160
ACC
__________________________ 79
ACC functions
___________________ 82
ACC, automatic climate control
_____ 79
ACC, calibration
_________________ 86
ACC, condensation water
__________ 86
ACC, useful tips
_________________ 86
AUX input
_____________________ 104
Adjusting the steering wheel
_______ 114
Adjustment, seats
________________ 18
Air conditioning (A/C), fault diagnosis
and maintenance ______________ 246
Airbag
_________________________ 29
Alarm _________________________ 50
Alarm functions
__________________ 53
Alarm signals
________________ 50
, 53
Album information
_______________ 104
Alternator
_____________________ 201
Alternator drive belt
__________ 201
, 267
Alternator rating
________________ 267
Antennas
______________________ 109
Anticorrosion treatment
___________ 248
Antidazzle rear-view mirror
________ 121
Anti-skid
______________________ 163
Autochecking of lights on starting
____ 64Auto-dimming rear-view mirror with
garage door opener
____________ 118
Automatic climate control (ACC)
_____ 79
Automatic transmission, technical
data
_________________________ 268
Aviod theft, tip
__________________ 166
Battery
________________________ 199
BBattery
________________________ 199
Battery charging/replacing
________ 200
Battery, boost starting
____________ 186
Before a long journey ____________ 249
Before towing a camper or trailer
___ 177
Belt guide
______________________ 12
Boost starting using jump leads
____ 186
Brake and clutch fluid
____________ 196
Brake-fluid reservoir
_____________ 196
Brakes, technical data ____________ 269
Bulbs, changing
________________ 204
Bulbs, table of
__________________ 215
Buying new tires ________________ 225
Car alarm
______________________ 50
CCar care
______________________ 189
Cargo net, 9-5 SportCombi
________ 137
Carpeting, care of
_______________ 243Catalytic converter, important
considerations
_________________ 145
CD changer
____________________ 100
CHECK messages
_______________ 71
CHECKING
_____________________ 71
Central locking ___________________ 44
Change language in SID
___________ 72
Change of address notification
_____ 258
Changing a wheel
_______________ 239
Changing bulbs
_________________ 204
Changing wiper blades
___________ 202
Charge mobile phone
____________ 126
Charger/Jump starting ____________ 188
Charging the battery/Jump starting
__ 188
Chassis number
________________ 272
Chassis number, key to
___________ 273
Checks before towing a camper or
trailer
________________________ 177
Child safety
_____________________ 22
Child safety locks, rear doors
_______ 47
Cleaning, engine bay
_____________ 245
Clock
_________________________ 105
Color code, body
________________ 272
Color code, trim _________________ 272
Compact spare wheel
____________ 237
Compass
______________________ 122
Condensation water, ACC
__________ 86
Connecting a portable player ______ 104
Coolant
_______________________ 195
Courtesy Headlight Feature
________ 74
Crash memory, see EDR
_________ 259
Cross modulation
_______________ 110
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274 IndexCruise control
__________________ 159
Cup holder
____________________ 128
Dampers
______________________ 269
Date
_________________________ 105
Date code, tires
_________________ 233
DDate display
___________________ 105
DICE/TWICE ___________________ 217
Definitions and terminology, tire
____ 231
Determining correct load, tires
_____ 233
Dim-dipped beam
________________ 73
Direction indicators _______________ 75
Diversity antenna
_______________ 109
Door handles
___________________ 44
Door mirrors
___________________ 116
Doors, locks & luggage compartment
_43
Drive belt
______________________ 267
Drive belt, alternator
_____________ 201
Drive belts, length
_______________ 267
Driver’s seat, programmable
________ 20
Driving at night
_________________ 181
Driving in hot weather
____________ 173
Driving with a load
______________ 181
EEDR (Event Data Recorders)
______ 259
ESP
® _________________________ 163
Electrical system, technical data
____ 267Electric heating of rear seat
________ 87
Electric windows
________________ 115
Electronic Stability Program
_______ 163
Electronic starting interlock _________ 49
Emergency operation of moonroof
__ 124
Emission control systems
_________ 192
Engine bay
____________________ 191
Engine bay, cleaning
_____________ 245
Engine number
_________________ 272
Engine oil, grade ________________ 265
Engine, description ______________ 194
Engine, technical data ____________ 264
Engine, temperature gauge
________ 65
Engine-oil level, checking
_________ 194
Error codes, Audio System ________ 112
Event Data Recorders (EDR) ______ 259
Expansion tank, coolant
__________ 195
FFilling a portable fuel container
_____ 148
Flat spots, tires
_________________ 224
Fluid level, automatic transmission
__ 195
Folding the parcel shelf,
9-5 SportCombi
________________ 133
Folding the rear seat, 9-5 Sedan
___ 129
Folding the rear seat, 9-5 SportCombi
132
Frequency band
_________________ 93
Frequently asked questions on airbag

40
Front fog lights
__________________ 76
Frost warning
___________________ 68Fuel
__________________________ 146
Fuel consumption
________________ 68
Fuel container
__________________ 148
Fuel gauge
_____________________ 65
Fuel grade _____________________ 264
Fuel information
_________________ 148
Fuse box under hood
____________ 220
Fuse panel
_____________________ 216
Fuses
_________________________ 216
GGarage door opener
_____________ 118
Gearbox number
________________ 272
Gearbox oil, checking
____________ 195
Gearbox, technical data, __________ 268
General functions
_______________ 105
Glove compartment ______________ 126
HHandbrake
_____________________ 165
Hazard warning lights
_____________ 76
Head restraint
___________________ 21
Headlight flasher _________________ 73
Headlights
______________________ 73
Heated front seats
________________ 87
Hood
_________________________ 190
Horn __________________________ 114
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IIf a tire goes flat
________________ 228
Ignition switch
__________________ 140
Immobilizer
_____________________ 49
Indicator and warning lights
________ 58
Indicator lights
___________________ 58
Information about fuel
____________ 148
Instrument illumination ____________ 75
Instruments and controls __________ 57
Interior equipment
_______________ 113
Interior lighting
_________________ 124
Interior rearview mirror
___________ 116
Jack
_________________________ 240
KKey
___________________________ 44
Key to chassis number
___________ 273
Key, remove
___________________ 140
LLabeling, tire sidewall
____________ 229
Labels
__________________________ 7
LATCH (child safety)
______________ 23
Leather upholstery, care of
________ 243
Light horn
______________________ 73
Light switches ___________________ 73
Loading MP3 discs
______________ 102
Loading your vehicle _____________ 231Luggage-compartment lighting
_____ 125
Main instrument panel
_____________ 58
Main/dipped beam
_______________ 73
Maintenance schedule ___________ 256
Maintenance, A/C-system _________ 246
Manual gearbox, technical data
____ 268
Maxi fuses
_____________________ 217
MMP3 player
____________________ 102
Milometer
______________________ 64
Moonroof ______________________ 123
Motoring abroad
________________ 249
Multipath propagation
____________ 109
NNIGHT
_________________________ 72
New tires, buying
_______________ 225
Night Panel
_____________________ 72
OOdometer
______________________ 64
Oil capacity, engine
______________ 264
Oil specification
_________________ 264
Outdoor temperature
______________ 68
Owner assistance
_______________ 257
Paintwork, touching-in
____________ 245Parcel shelf, folding
______________ 133
Parking Assistance ______________ 168
Parking lights
____________________ 73
PParking lights
____________________ 73
Plates and labels
________________ 272
Poly-V-belt
_____________________ 201
Portable fuel container
___________ 148
Portable player
_________________ 104
Power outlet
___________________ 126
Power steering _________________ 198
Power-steering fluid
______________ 198
Pressure gauge
__________________ 66
Prestige
_______________________ 107
Programme type ALARM
__________ 99
QQuality grading, tires
_____________ 226
Questions on function of airbag
______ 40
RRadiator fan
____________________ 201
Radio
__________________________ 93
Radio Data System (RDS)
_________ 94
Radio text
______________________ 94
Radio waves ___________________ 110
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276 IndexRain sensor
_____________________ 77
Random playback of MP3 files, CD
_103
Random playback, CD
____________ 99
Random playback, CD changer
____ 101
Rapid playing an MP3 file
_________ 103
RDS time
_____________________ 106
Rear fog light ___________________ 74
Rear seat, 9-5 Sedan, folding
______ 129
Rear seat, 9-5 SportCombi, folding
_132
Rear window heating
_____________ 82
Rear-seat head restraints __________ 21
Rear-view mirror, auto-dimming
____ 121
Rearview mirrors
________________ 116
Reclamation
___________________ 250
Recommendations for cars with
automatic transmission, towing a
camper or trailer
_______________ 175
Refuelling
_____________________ 146
Relay panel ____________________ 219
Remote control __________________ 44
Remote-control battery, changing
____ 49
Remove the key
________________ 140
Removing CDs
__________________ 99
Removing CDs, CD-changer
______ 100
Removing MP3 discs
____________ 102
Replacement, wheel
_____________ 227
Reporting safety defects
__________ 258
Reprogramming of systems _______ 274
Reservoir, power-steering fluid _____ 198
Rev counter
____________________ 64
Reversing lights _________________ 76
Rolling advertisements
____________ 94Roof load
______________________ 179
Running-in _____________________ 170
Saab Information Display (SID)
_____ 68
SSaab Parking Assistance
_________ 168
Safety belts
_____________________ 12
Safety belts, care of
_____________ 242
Safety-belt pretensioners
__________ 15
Safety-belt reminder
______________ 12
SDM
_________________________ 259
SID
___________________________ 68
Seats __________________________ 18
Securing a load
__________________ 47
Selecting and changing tracks, CD
___ 99
Selecting a radio station
___________ 93
Selecting/changing MP3 file _______ 103
Selector lever indication, automatic
transmission
___________________ 67
Sentronic, manual mode
__________ 156
Service costs
___________________ 257
Service information
______________ 258
Service intervals
________________ 256
Service record retention
__________ 257
Setting the clock
________________ 105
Setting the date _________________ 105
Settings, seats __________________ 18
Shadow effect
__________________ 110
Side airbags
____________________ 36
Signalling, horn _________________ 114Snow chains
___________________ 172
Sorting music ___________________ 103
Sound system __________________ 107
Sources of AM interference
________ 111
Sources of FM interference ________ 111
Spare wheel
___________________ 237
Spare wheel and tools
____________ 183
Spark plugs
____________________ 267
Speed dependent volume
compensation _________________ 106
Speedometer
_________________ 64
, 65
Starting in cold weather, ACC
_______ 84
Starting in hot weather, ACC ________ 84
Steering wheel adjustment
________ 114
Steering wheel controls
____________ 91
Steering, technical data ___________ 269
Steps for determining correct load
limit
_________________________ 233
Stone-chip damage, repairing
______ 245
Storage compartments
___________ 126
Storing radio stations
______________ 93
Sun visors
_____________________ 125
Suspension ____________________ 269
Suspension, technical data
________ 269
Switches
_______________________ 73
Symboler ________________________ 9
Systems, adjustment
_____________ 274
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TTable of fuses
__________________ 218
Tachometer
_____________________ 64
Tailgate, opening
________________ 47
Tank gauge
_____________________ 65
TCS OFF
______________________ 63
TP
____________________________ 99
Technical data
_________________ 261
Technical data, radio/audio
________ 108
Temperature control, ACC _________ 81
Temperature gauge, engine ________ 65
Temperature zones, ACC
__________ 81
Textile carpeting
________________ 243
Through-load hatch ______________ 131
Tie Downs
_____________________ 131
Tightening torque, wheel studs
_____ 239
Time display
___________________ 105
Tip, driving at night
______________ 181
Tip, to avoid theft
_______________ 166
Tips, ACC
______________________ 86
Tire chains ____________________ 228
Tire date code __________________ 233
Tire inspection and rotation
_______ 223
Tire markings
__________________ 230
Tire pressure ___________________ 182
Tire sidewall labeling
____________ 229
Tire terminology and definitions
____ 231
Tire, compact spare
_____________ 237
Tires
_____________________ 222
, 270
Tires, winter
___________________ 270
Tools
_________________________ 183Touching-in the paintwork
_________ 245
Towbar attachment
______________ 174
Towbar load
___________________ 178
Towing the car _________________ 183
Towing, automatics
______________ 183
Traffic programme ________________ 99
Trailer weights
__________________ 263
Treadwear indicators
____________ 224
Trionic
________________________ 192
Trip computer
___________________ 68
Trip meter
______________________ 64
Trunk
_________________________ 129
Trunk lid, opening
________________ 47
Tuning
_________________________ 93
Turbo gauge
____________________ 66
Turbo, points to note
_____________ 144
UUnder the hood
_________________ 191
Uniform tire quality grading
________ 226
Upholstery and trim
______________ 243
Upholstery and trim, care of
_______ 243
Vanity mirrors
__________________ 125
VVehicle Data Collection
___________ 259
Ventilated front seats
_____________ 87
Viscosity, engine oil
_____________ 264
WWarning labels
____________________ 7
Warning light, AIR BAG
____________ 37
Warning lights
___________________ 58
Washers
______________________ 202
Washers, windshield
_____________ 203
Washing the car
________________ 244
Waxing and polishing
____________ 245
Wear indicators, tires _____________ 224
What Will You See After an Airbag
Inflates?
______________________ 38
Wheel replacement
______________ 227
Wheel, change
_________________ 239
Wheels and tires ________________ 270
Wheels and tires, sizes
___________ 270
When it is time for new tires
_______ 224
Windshield washers
______________ 77
Windshield wipers
________________ 77
Winter tires
________________ 233
, 270
Wiper blades, replacing
___________ 202
Wipers and washers
__________ 77
, 202
XXenon headlight
________________ 204
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